Favorite Movie?

[sethsev7n]

I cant think of any movies to expand my netflix queue with.. either way, anyone care to recommend a movie?

[Stefano]

Have you seen Memento? I kept thinking of the plot weeks after seeing it....


I like a lot the first two Godfathers, despite all the dialogues in Sicilian. Don't think that being Italian like me is of any help in understanding that movie, because Sicilian and Italian are pretty far as languages. I'd say more distant than Spanish and Italian.


James bond is cool too 8)

[GearHead]

cannonball?The Italian Job?

[spence]

willy wonka (charlie and the chocolate factory)
or the lotr 12&3

[SPG900]

My imdb list of films I gave 8 to 10 points (note there are lots of films I've seen but never voted for):

10:

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Bande à part (1964)
Chinatown (1974)
F***ing Åmål (1998)
Hustler, The (1961)
If.... (1968)
Man on the Moon (1999)
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sting, The (1973)

9:

À bout de souffle (1960)
Abre los ojos (1997)
Annie Hall (1977)
Blood Simple. (1984)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
C'était un rendezvous (1976)
Cidade de Deus (2002)
Cité des enfants perdus, La (1995)
Conversation, The (1974)
Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover, The (1989)
Delicatessen (1991)
Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, Le (2001)
Festen (1998)
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Freaks (1932)
Killing, The (1956)
Lilja 4-ever (2002)
Mépris, Le (1963)
Nóz w wodzie (1962)
Pianist, The (2002)
Skammen (1968)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Tillsammans (2000)
Top Gun (1986)
Vertigo (1958)
Vozvrashcheniye (2003)

8:

21 Grams (2003)
American Beauty (1999)
Amores perros (2000)
Arroseur arrosé, L' (1895)
Big Sleep, The (1946)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Elephant Man, The (1980)
Exotica (1994)
Frankenstein (1931)
Hudsucker Proxy, The (1994)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Lost in Translation (2003)
Mad Max (1979)
Magnolia (1999)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941)
Miller's Crossing (1990)
Nói albinói (2003)
Others, The (2001)
Plein soleil (1960)
Raising Arizona (1987)
Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
Solyaris (1972)
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Tesis (1996)
Tess (1979)
Thomas est amoureux (2000)
Virgin Suicides, The (1999)
White Heat (1949)

[Rhino2.3t]

no Ferris Bueller? Convoy? Smokey and the Bandit? Full Metal Jacket? Chopper? Go? clearly a flawed list.


and TopGun gets a 9? old dwarfy being himself on camera .. again

mind you the bike rode in MI2 was quite cool - did anyone notice that it had 64gears and auto-tread tyres???

[SPG900]

Originally Posted by Rhino2.3t

no Ferris Bueller? Convoy? Smokey and the Bandit? Full Metal Jacket? Chopper? Go? clearly a flawed list.

Originally Posted by SPG900

(note there are lots of films I've seen but never voted for)

[Rhino2.3t]

Originally Posted by SPG900

vote quickly then..

[bassist5]

The Usual Suspects and Godfather (any one of the Godfathers)

[sethsev7n]

whoops i didnt list mine:

virgin suicides
truman show
the sure thing (1985)
boiler room



note these arent the best movies, but theyre some of my favourite ones.

[kazmiekr]

Office Space

[ZARS]

Originally Posted by bassist5

The Usual Suspects

Well said, my favourite without a doubt.

"I flip you for real"

[roller girl]

Super Troopers....sooooo funny
another vote for Momento...very kewl movie
as well as virgin suicides
bend it like Beckham
the american president
Mystery, Alaska (great scenery if nothing else)
the Kill Bill movies
the LOTR movies

[Orca]

Spaghetti Westerns - start with "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" trilogy and move onto "Once Upon a Time in the West" ... there are a thousand other good, bad and ugly that you can dip into after that

[dmtinker]

Blade Runner....

Oh and lots of porn....

[heavy_t]

Originally Posted by Orca

Spaghetti Westerns - start with "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" trilogy and move onto "Once Upon a Time in the West" ... there are a thousand other good, bad and ugly that you can dip into after that

I second that.. and any films with Morricone scores. The gunfight in For A Few Dollars more is my favourite part of any film ever.

Can you recommend me any good Spaghetti Westerns other than the Leone ones?

[fabric]

Real Genius (Val Kilmer's best work in my book)
Monster in a Box (Spaulding Gray's (RIP) best filmed work IMO)
Fear of a Black Hat (the Spinal Tap of rap - but way funnier)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (duh)
Europa Europa (so I don't look like a complete dunce

[Orca]

Originally Posted by heavy_t

I second that.. and any films with Morricone scores. The gunfight in For A Few Dollars more is my favourite part of any film ever.

Can you recommend me any good Spaghetti Westerns other than the Leone ones?

You mean the long face to face to face to face to face cemetery scene? Yeah, that's awesome. I tried getting my wife into the genre, but she fell asleep just before "that best bit ... and damn well went and missed it" - Grrr. Ho hum! The opening scenes of "Once Upon a Time in the West" are just breath-taking.

Other Spag's? Erm ... Sergio Corbucci's (possibly best known for "Django")? Glancario Baldenello's (... for "This Man Can't Die")?

[Orca]

[Orca]

Apart from Spaghetti Westerns, I also like the 'Dirty Harry' films ops:
For other weirdness ...

Aguirre, Wrath of God
Vampires in Venice
Harware
Dust Devil
Lifeforce
Ghosts of the Civil Dead

... just a few kicking about near my video & DVD players ...

Classic horror from the 1910s/1920s?

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari
The Golem
The Phantom Carriage

... oh yeah, dig out as many Laurel & Hardy as you can. There's just no getting bored of Ollie bending over and his trousers ripping - gets me every time